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* '''Reconstructed''': To make up for his lack of durability, Bob trains himself to become more agile in combat. Since he can't take any hits, he learns to ''avoid'' them instead. He soon learns to dodge punches, breath attacks, and ''[[ImprobableDodgingSkills bullets]]''.

* '''Reconstructed''': To make up for his lack of durability, Bob trains himself to become more agile in combat. Since he can't take any hits, he learns to ''avoid'' them instead.

%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???

** The smallest enemy weapon in-series is a tank cannon, and Bob is basically a normal human. It would be more surprising if he DIDN'T die in once shot.

** The BigBad makes Bob extremely vulnerable at the start of the game so that his forces will have an easier time killing him.
* '''Exploited''': [[GenreSavvy Knowing that the guard is scared of ghosts]],Bob charges in and is killed,[[TheGuardsMustBeCrazy the guard thinks Bob is a ghost and freaks out]] allowing entry to the final dungeon.

* '''Conversed''': "It takes one hit to kill you,doesn't it?"

* Bob dies after being caught in an explosion.
* Bob normally has more hitpoints. The Elite Guard just has very strong weapons.

* '''Downplayed''': Bob dies after being caught in an explosion.

* '''Exaggerated''': Bob explodes into LudicrousGibs after the guard ''[[CherryTapping pokes him with a feather]]''.
* '''Downplayed''': ???

* '''Parodied''': Bob has one hit point, but possesses 65535 lives and he respawns on the spot.

* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

* '''Enforced''': ???

* '''Invoked''': Bob is DrivenToSuicide and uses the spikes on a villain's armor to impale himself.

* '''Deconstructed''': Bob refuses to risk getting killed in any way, shape, or form.
* '''Reconstructed''': See Defied below.

%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???

* '''Averted''':Bob's enemies think he will die in 1 hit,he can take more than one.

* '''Justified''': The villains are all decked out in armor that's just ''bristling'' with SpikesOfVillainy, so touching them is a bad idea.

* '''Exploited''': Knowing that the guard is scared of ghosts,Bob charges in and is killed,the guard thinks Bob is a ghost and freaks out allowing entry to the final dungeon.

* '''Averted''':

* '''Exploited''': ???

* '''Conversed''': ???

* '''Averted''': Bob has a health meter.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob explodes into a million bloody chunks after the guard ''[[CherryTapping pokes him with a feather]]''.

* '''Justified''': The villains are all decked out in armor that's just ''bristling'' with SpikesOfVillainy, so touching is a bad idea.

* '''Discussed''': "You better not have any [[CollisionDamage literal run-ins with the bad guys]]."

'''Basic Trope''': You get hit, you die.
* '''Straight''': Run into that enemy and it's bye-bye.
* '''Exaggerated''': If you get hit, you explode into chunks and your save file is erased.
* '''Justified''': The enemies are all Panzers and you're a talking dog. And the Panzers forgot they had a machine gun.
* '''Inverted''': You take 30 hits to kill, but the bosses are [[RushBoss extremely fast and die in one hit]].
* '''Subverted''': The first thing you pick up in level one is [[PowerUp an item]] that gives you an extra hit point. This is the only time you will get one, and it doesn't respawn.
** You get said powerup, then [[KaizoMarioWorld have to take a hit all of 2 seconds later]].
** Your VoiceWithAnInternetConnection tells you that the enemies are made of anti-matter and will kill you in one hit, but you find a pair of boots that give you an extra hit..
* '''Double Subverted''': ...but it turns out that "extra hit" refers to hitting the enemy an extra time right before you die, so you have to pump the enemy full of lead until ''it's'' a OneHitPointWonder.
** Though you don't die in one hit, one hit still causes you to fail instantly.
* '''Untwisted''': Your VoiceWithAnInternetConnection mentions that the tanks will shoot you with machine guns instead of missiles. A health bar appears. You get shot in the foot and die.
* '''Parodied''': You have one hit point, but 65535 lives and you respawn on the spot.
* '''Deconstructed''': You're playing a sad RTS where-in you lead puppies in a war against Panzers.
* '''Reconstructed''': You're playing a fun RTS where-in you lead [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot cyborg puppies]] in a war against Panzers. The missiles one hit kill the puppies, but the puppies can easily dodge and [[RuleOfCool one-hit-eat the tanks]].
* '''Zig Zagged''': Then your amazing team of puppies [[DisappointingLastLevel meet]] the [[DemonicSpider anti-matter tanks]] and [[GoddamnedBats highly agile, highly glass-like bosses]].
* '''Averted''': You have a health meter.
** The first to third thing you pick up is [[PowerUp an item]] that gives you an extra hit point, and the game passes it around like candy.
* '''Enforced''': {{Konami}} [[BadExportForYou of America removed]] [[{{Contra}} the health meter]].
* '''Necessary Weasel/Coconut Effect''': A developer decides to give your [[ShootEmUp space ship]] hit points, until he realizes he'd be in a minority and decides against it.
** A developer wants to go back to the time when video games were NintendoHard...
* '''Lampshaded''': "If only I wasn't {{made of|Explodium}} [[SpongeBob glass bones and paper skin]]..."
* '''Invoked''': An immortal youkai becomes suicidal and runs into the side of an enemy.
* '''Defied''': "Forget that, I, along with the great cyborg puppy army, refuse to go in."
* '''Discussed''': "You better not have any [[CollisionDamage run-ins with the police]]."
* '''Conversed''': "[[MediumAwareness Where is my health displayed?]]" "[[AudienceWhatAudience What health?]]"
* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': The programmer ran out of space in RAM for a health points variable. However, since you no longer need to worry about any other enemies' data during the final boss, you [[ATasteOfPower now have 3 hits]] and can do a lot more damage with 3 hits than you could [[NintendoHard with the 65 lives you spent getting there]] thanks to your new [[EleventhHourSuperPower gun]]. And the lack of bottomless pits.
* '''Played For Laughs''': The point of the game is to preform epic stunts, and depending on the rule of funny, running into that [[TheGoomba Goomba]] at the end of the level at the end of the stunt may net you more points that reaching the goal point.
* '''Played For Drama''': ''FireEmblem'' turns into a Nintendo Hard platformer. Your characters are your lives. Good luck with that.

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* '''Justified''': The enemies are all Panzers and you're a talking dog. And the Panzers [[DidNotDoTheResearch forgot they had a machine gun]].

* '''Reconstructed''': You're playing a fun RTS where-in you lead [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot cyborg puppies]] in a war against Panzers. The missiles one hit kill the puppies, but the puppies can easily dodge and [[BeyondTheImpossible one-hit-eat]] the tanks.

* '''Zig Zagged''': Then your amazing team of puppies [[XenSyndrome meet]] the [[DemonicSpider anti-matter tanks]] and [[GoddamnedBats highly agile, highly glass-like bosses]].

* '''Reconstructed''': You're playing a fun RTS where-in you lead [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot cyborg puppies]] in a war against Panzers. The missles one hit kill the puppies, but the puppies can easily dodge and [[BeyondTheImpossible one-hit-eat]] the tanks.

* '''Conversed''': "[[BreakingTheFourthWall Where is my health displayed?]]" "What health?"

* '''Conversed''': "Where is my health displayed?" "What health?"

* '''Reconstructed''': You're playing a fun RTS where-in you lead {{c|ommandAndConquer}}yborg puppies in a war against Panzers. The missles one hit kill the puppies, but the puppies can easily dodge and [[BeyondTheImpossible one-hit-eat]] the tanks.

* '''Inverted''': You take 30 hits to kill, but the bosses are [[DamnedBats extremely fast]] and die in one hit.

* '''Reconstructed''': You're playing a fun RTS where-in you lead [[CommandAndConquer cyborg]] puppies in a war against Panzers. The missles one hit kill the puppies, but the puppies can easily dodge and [[BeyondTheImpossible one-hit-eat]] the tanks.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Then your amazing team of puppies [[XenSyndrome meet]] the [[DemonicSpider anti-matter tanks]] and [[DAmnedBats highly agile, highly glass-like bosses]].

* '''Enforced''': {{Konami}} [[BadExportForYou of America removed]] [[ConTra the health meter]].

** A developer wants to go back to the time when video games were [[ThatsWhatSheSaid hard]]...
* '''Lampshaded''': "If only I wasn't [[MadeOfExplodium made of]] [[SpongeBob glass bones and paper skin]]..."

* '''Discussed''': "You better not have any [[IncrediblyLamePun run-ins]] [[CollisionDamage with the police]]."

* '''Played For Drama''': Fire Emblem turns into a Nintendo Hard platformer. Your characters are your lives. Good luck with that.

* '''Untwisted''': Your VoiceWithAnInternetConnection mentions that the tanks will shoot you with machine guns instead of missiles. A health bar appears. You get shot in the foot a die.

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